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David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens · 67 parts · about 29 hours 33 minutes of reading
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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, David Copperfield wonders, and then he tells us the whole story: a kind mother lost, a cruel stepfather, a boyhood spent pasting labels in a London warehouse, and the long climb into a writer's life. It was Dickens' own favorite of his novels, and the most personal, full of unforgettable people.
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Contents
Preface to the 1850 Edition1 minPreface to the Charles Dickens Edition1 minDedication1 minChapter I: I Am Born23 minChapter II: I Observe31 minChapter III: I Have a Change32 minChapter IV: I Fall Into Disgrace39 minChapter V: I Am Sent Away from Home38 minChapter VI: I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance15 minChapter VII: My “First Half” at Salem House37 minChapter VIII: My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon30 minChapter IX: I Have a Memorable Birthday25 minChapter X: I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For41 minChapter XI: I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It34 minChapter XII: Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great Resolution20 minChapter XIII: The Sequel of My Resolution42 minChapter XIV: My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind About Me32 minChapter XV: I Make Another Beginning20 minChapter XVI: I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One44 minChapter XVII: Somebody Turns Up36 minChapter XVIII: A Retrospect15 minChapter XIX: I Look About Me, and Make a Discovery34 minChapter XX: Steerforth’s Home18 minChapter XXI: Little Em’ly40 minChapter XXII: Some Old Scenes, and Some New People45 minChapter XXIII: I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession30 minChapter XXIV: My First Dissipation17 minChapter XXV: Good and Bad Angels40 minChapter XXVI: I Fall Into Captivity32 minChapter XXVII: Tommy Traddles19 minChapter XXVIII: Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet39 minChapter XXIX: I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again15 minChapter XXX: A Loss16 minChapter XXXI: A Greater Loss19 minChapter XXXII: The Beginning of a Long Journey39 minChapter XXXIII: Blissful35 minChapter XXXIV: My Aunt Astonishes Me17 minChapter XXXV: Depression42 minChapter XXXVI: Enthusiasm34 minChapter XXXVII: A Little Cold Water16 minChapter XXXVIII: A Dissolution of Partnership34 minChapter XXXIX: Wickfield and Heep39 minChapter XL: The Wanderer18 minChapter XLI: Dora’s Aunts32 minChapter XLII: Mischief41 minChapter XLIII: Another Retrospect17 minChapter XLIV: Our Housekeeping31 minChapter XLV: Mr. Dick Fulfils My Aunt’s Predictions31 minChapter XLVI: Intelligence27 minChapter XLVII: Martha23 minChapter XLVIII: Domestic23 minChapter XLIX: I Am Involved in Mystery23 minChapter L: Mr. Peggotty’s Dream Comes True21 minChapter LI: The Beginning of a Longer Journey37 minChapter LII: I Assist at an Explosion47 minChapter LIII: Another Retrospect10 minChapter LIV: Mr. Micawber’s Transactions29 minChapter LV: Tempest25 minChapter LVI: The New Wound, and the Old12 minChapter LVII: The Emigrants21 minChapter LVIII: Absence14 minChapter LIX: Return32 minChapter LX: Agnes17 minChapter LXI: I Am Shown Two Interesting Penitents24 minChapter LXII: A Light Shines on My Way17 minChapter LXIII: A Visitor15 minChapter LXIV: A Last Retrospect8 minSource: Standard Ebooks. Published 1850. Author died 1870. Public domain worldwide. Share this book: WhatsApp
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